An Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from the Guiana Space Center in the dark of night on Wednesday, racing into the skies over its equatorial launch site to deliver the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit in the launcher’s second single-payload mission of the year.

An Ariane 5 rocket rolled to its equatorial launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday to set the stage for a Wednesday morning liftoff, carrying the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.

Commercial Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with International Launch Services, acquiring slots on Proton rockets for the period of 2016 to 2023, and signed with Arianespace for a rare single-payload launch atop the powerful Ariane 5 rocket in early 2016.